Battle of San Domingo
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The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the War of the Third Coalition fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-
Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 Nicholas Pocock, 1808
1809 portrait of Duckworth
Painting of the battle by Robert Dodd
Acasta and Magicienne sailing away from Impérial and Diomède's wrecks on 8 February
HMS Agamemnon (1781)
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HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She saw service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and fought in many major nava
Battle of San Domingo
…Diomède. At 08:00 Duckworth's ships divided into two divisions, a westerly line to windward under Duckworth with Superb, Northumberland, HMS Spencer and HMS Agamemnon, and an eastern line under Louis with Canopus, HMS Donegal and Atlas. The British frigates were gathered in formation to the west of the British lines…
Agamemnon at the action of 22 October 1793
A model of Agamemnon at Bucklers Hard
Agamemnon (left) battling Ça Ira on 13 March 1795. The frigates HMS Inconstant (left, background) and Vestale (right) are also visible.
Diagram of the Battle of Copenhagen, showing Agamemnon grounded near the Middle Ground